BUSS510 Professional Skills Assessment 1 Trimester 3 2025/26

BUSS510 Professional Skills Assignment 1

Where: Moodle

Without prior permission from the lecturer, and/or a medical certificate, assignments handed in after the due date will incur a penalty of 5% (of the total possible marks) per day for up to four days. After four days a zero mark will be recorded. If students have concerns about their ability to meet a deadline, they are advised to consult with the lecturer before the due date.

This assignment is worth 30% of the total marks in the course and will cover the following learning outcomes as listed in the Course Outline:

Learning Outcome 1: Reflect on collaborating in a team setting to generate solutions to a problem

Learning Outcome 2: Apply written, oral and visual methods of communication in an organisational setting

BUSS510 General Instructions:

• Include a cover page that includes your name, student ID, course code and title, assignment title
• The word limit for this assignment is 2,000 words, excluding references.
• All sources should be acknowledged in the main body of the assignment and in a reference list at the end of the assignment. You are also required to reference any tools/software/applications used. Refer to the 7th edition of the APA referencing style guide. Examples of how to present references can be found.
• Your assignment should be your own work to demonstrate your thinking. Any direct quotes from any source should be placed in “quotation marks”.
• Upon submission, your assignment will be checked for copied materials as well as the use of AI (artificial intelligence), with penalties to be applied where appropriate and if not referenced.
• You may resubmit draft versions of your assignment until the due date. After the due date, the latest version will be accepted as the final version. Note that similarity reports may take 24 hours to generate.
• Resources to assist with writing skills can be found at Auckland Institute of Studies Moodle
  
• Any use of software, including artificial intelligence tools, should be appropriately attributed, and a declaration detailing how AI was used (including screenshots of prompts) should be included as an appendix. Please note that while the use of AI may be used as a tool for idea generation, it should be used with integrity as with any other source. Upon submission, your assignment will be checked for copied materials as well as the use of AI (artificial intelligence), with penalties to be applied where appropriate.

Tasks:                                                                                                                                            

Reflect and report on your experience of collaborating in a team setting based on the in-class activity where the class was divided into groups to demonstrate teamwork. Write a reflection on your experience in collaborating in a team setting (2,000 words).

Your report should include approximately 500 words on each of the following:

a. An introduction describing the dynamics in your team. You should discuss at least three of the following

– leadership, roles, contributions, challenges, processes. (6 Marks)

b. Your personal reflections on how successful the team was in achieving tasks, building relationships, and attending to the discussion process. You must provide specific examples. (6 Marks)

c. Your personal reflections on your own performance in the team. You should discuss BOTH your intrapersonal communication and your interpersonal communication. (6 Marks)

d. A summary of key things you could develop in your professional growth and how you might develop these. The summary should include at least 2 strengths to use in future and at least 2 weaknesses to address in future. Strategies for growth must go beyond your study in class to include other resources. (6 Marks)

e. Quality and presentation of reflective report. (6 Marks)

Refer to the marking rubric on the next page to ensure your assignment meets the criteria.

Marks will be allocated as follows: